Friday, November 23, 2012

Interceptor Missile AAD launched by DRDO

Posted by- Neelam Mathews

Nov 23, 2012

The Interceptor Missile AAD launched by DRDO from Wheeler’s
Island, Odisha “successfully destroyed the incoming Ballistic Missile at an
altitude of 15 Km. The interception took place at 12.52hrs. The target missile,
a modified version of Prithvi, mimicking the enemy’s ballistic missile, was
launched from Launch Complex III, Chandipur. Long Range Radar and MFC Radar
located far away could detect the Missile from take-off and tracked it through
its entire path. The total trajectory of the incoming Missile was continuously
estimated by the guidance computer and subsequently the AAD Missile was
launched at an appropriate time to counter and kill the ballistic missile,” says
MoD.

The Ring Laser Gyro based Navigation System in Target, Fibre
Optic Gyro based INS in Interceptor, Onboard computers, Guidance systems,
Actuation Systems and the critical RF Seekers used for the terminal phase “have
performed excellently.” The AAD Missile system initially guided by Inertial
Navigation system was continuously getting update of the target position by the
Radar through a data link. The Radio Frequency (RF) seeker tracked
the Missile & Onboard computer guided the Missile towards the Target
Missile and hit the target. The Radio Proximity Fuse (RPF) exploded the warhead
thereby destroying the target missile completely.

In this mission, a special
feature of intercepting multiple target with multiple interceptor was
demonstrated successfully. An electronic target with a range of 1500 Km. was
launched and the Radars picked up the target missile, tracked the target
missile subsequently and launched an electronic interceptor missile. This
electronic interceptor missile destroyed the electronic target missile at an
altitude of 120 Km. All the four missiles were tracked by the Radars and all
the guidance and launch computers operated in full operational mode for
handling multiple targets with multiple interceptor. All the four
missiles were in the sky simultaneously and both the interceptions took place
near simultaneously. “This has proved the capability of DRDO to handle
multiple targets with multiple interceptors simultaneously. The complete Radar
Systems, Communication Networks, Launch Computers, Target update Systems and
state of the art Avionics have been completely proven in this Mission,” says
DRDO.

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Am presently contributing editor to numerous international publications on business aviation, defense and commercial aviation. Also write on construction for ENR, a Mc Graw Hill publication. Travel has been a passion that I will carry with me till the end. Write for lifestyle publications and travel on a regular basis. Organise webinars and round tables on subjects I understand!Contributed to Aviation Week for 12 years writing on aviation, space, defense, overhaul and maintenance and business aviation. Was Editorial Director to 3 MRO Asia events in Singapore and Hong Kong.